毫升
HSK 4 (2021)
毫升 (háoshēng) · milliliter
毫升 (háoshēng) means “milliliter”. It is written with 2 characters: 毫 (fine hair) + 升 (to rise). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 毫升 is built
The characters
毫 háo · fine hair
What 毫 is made of
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 冖mì — cover
- 毛máo — hair
- 乇tuō — to depend on
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 七qī — seven
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 乇tuō — to depend on
Origin hint: hair (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
升 shēng · to rise
What 升 is made of
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Example sentences
这瓶水有五百毫升。Zhè píng shuǐ yǒu wǔbǎi háoshēng.This bottle holds five hundred milliliters of water.
这种药每次喝十毫升。Zhè zhǒng yào měi cì hē shí háoshēng.Take ten milliliters of this medicine each time.
Questions about 毫升
What does 毫升 mean?
毫升 (háoshēng) means “milliliter”.
How do you pronounce 毫升?
毫升 is pronounced háoshēng.
Which HSK level is 毫升?
毫升 is in HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 毫米háomǐmillimeter
- 丝毫sīháothe slightest
- 毫无háowúnot at all
- 上升shàngshēngto rise
- 晋升jìnshēngto be promoted
- 升shēngto rise
Learn 毫升 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 14: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.